Senior Software Engineer, Scalable Cloud Infrastructure (Go)

Apple Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 216,000 - 293,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary RSU awards

Employee stock purchase plan discount

Medical and dental coverage

Retirement benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Sunnyvale, California is seeking a Sr Software Engineer to join IS&T Infrastructure Services to design, build, and operate scalable cloud infrastructure that powers Apple’s global services.

You’ll work on distributed systems, networking, and storage at scale, using Go, C++, Java, and modern APIs, while ensuring reliability, performance, and security in a fast-paced, innovative environment.

Qualifications

• 10 years of hands-on software development with 4+ years in scalable distributed control planes or SDN controllers.
• Deep knowledge of IPv4/IPv6, dual-stack, routing, IPAM, NAT.
• DNS implementations; traffic steering and stateful connection tracking.
• Proficiency in Go, C, or Python; willingness to work primarily in Go.
• Understanding of concurrency patterns and high-performance code.
• Leadership in cross-functional alignment on multi-cloud networking and design.
• Root-causing networking issues in HA environments with robust telemetry.

Responsibilities

• Technical Skills: Proficiency in Java, C++, Go, scripting languages, Git, and configuration management systems.
• Architectural Expertise: Experience in building scalable services, architectural design, data structures, algorithms, microservice architectures, and APIs.
• Problem-Solving and Communication: Strong organizational and communication skills, ability to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, drive closures, and debug production issues.

Skills

Java

C++

Go

Scripting languages

Git

Configuration management

Tools

Terraform/OpenTofu

ArgoCD

GitLab CI

AWS

GCP

Job description

Apple Inc. in Sunnyvale, California is seeking a Sr Software Engineer to join IS&T Infrastructure Services to design, build, and operate scalable cloud infrastructure that powers Apple’s global services.

You’ll work on distributed systems, networking, and storage at scale, using Go, C++, Java, and modern APIs, while ensuring reliability, performance, and security in a fast-paced, innovative environment.